Recent Speakers
Over the past 12 months, we have hosted over 150 leading Chairmen/CEOs, government decision makers, opinion-formers and industry experts. They covered a broad array of global issues – ranging from innovation and sustainability to global mobility and capital markets – and of geographies – ranging from “Chindia”, Russia and Kazakhstan to the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Our recent guests/speakers include:
Joaquín Almunia
Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission
Paul Atkins
Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
Lionel Barber
Editor, Financial Times
Win Bishoff
(then) Chairman, Citi
Dr Samuel W. Bodman
(then) US Secretary of Energy
Martin Broughton
Chairman, British Airways
Eric Daniels
Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group
Sam DiPiazzi
CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Micheal Geoghgan CBE
Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings
Tom Glocer
CEO, Thomson Reuters
Peter Grauer
Chairman, Bloomberg LP
Ambassador Boyden Gray
(then) US Ambassador to the EU
Stephen Green
Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
Sir John Gieve
Deputy Governor, Bank of England
Terry Hill
Chairman, The Ove Arup Foundation
Chair, Transport Market Group, Arup
Jeff Immelt
Chairman and CEO, GE
Larry Kellner
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines,
Robert Kimitt
(then) Deputy Secretary,
US Treasury
Neelie Kroes
EU Commissioner for Competition
A.G. Lafley
Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Christine Lagarde
Minister of Finance, Economy & Employment, France
Tim Leiweke
Worldwide CEO, AEG
Jean Lemierre
President, European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
Kenneth D. Lewis
Chairman & President,
Bank of America Corporation
Peter Mandelson
(then) EU Commissioner for Trade
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO,
Marriott International, Inc.
Sir Deryck Maughan,
Managing Director, KKR
Chairman, KKR Asia
Raymond McDaniel, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Moody's Corporation
Charlie McCreevy
EU Commissioner for Internal Markets
Harold (Terry) McGraw
Chairman, President & CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Sir Tom McKillop
(then) Chairman,
The Royal Bank of Scotland
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief,
The Economist
Andrew Moss
Group Chief Executive, Aviva
James Murdoch
Chairman & CEO Europe and Asia, News Corp.
Non-Executive Chairman, BSkyB
Duncan Niederauer
CEO, NYSE Euronext
Dick Olver
Chairman, BAE Systems
Senator George Mitchell
Chairman, DLA Piper
Joe Plumeri
Executive Chairman and CEO, Willis Group
David Pyott
Chairman and CEO, Allergan
Arun Sarin
(then) CEO, Vodafone
Sir John Sawers
UK Ambassador to the United Nations
Sir Nigel Sheinwald
UK Ambassador to the United States
Sir Martin Sorrell
Chief Executive, WPP Group
Steven Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
Todd Stitzer
CEO, Cadbury Schweppes
Peter Sutherland
Chairman, BP
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons
Robert Thompson
Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal
Rex Tillerson
Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil
Jean-Claude Trichet
President, European Central Bank
Lord Turner
Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority
The Hon Robert Tuttle
(then) US Ambassador to the UK
Paul S. Walsh
Chief Executive, Diageo, plc
Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airway
